The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass sometimes known as The Northern Light is a book written by Phillip Pullman.It was published in 1995 and it is the first book of the series His Dark Materials series it receive critical acclaim but some criticize the book for the potrayal of the church and the religion.

The High and The Low
.Golden Compass has an interesting set of characters and a unique story
.Lyra is so charming and quirky you can't help to be humoured with her

.The book had a slow start,If you're expecting something really big you are going to be dissapointed
.It had a vey hideous cover

Quick Summary
Lyra is a girl who lives at Jordan College,she likes to explore the college with her daemon Pantalaimon and Roger (the kitchenboy at Jordan college).One day when she snuck in the meeting room and heard they were going to kill his uncle, she quickly warned his uncle. Starting from there her life will change, around thaat time she heard a group of kidnappers named the Gobblers starting to kidnap kids around her. When she heard Roger was kidnapped she decided to travel to find him. Lyra uses the golden compass (which was given to her by the master of Jordan Coleege) to find Roger.........(If you want to know what happen next just read the book).

The Conclusion
Truthfully The Golden Compass isn't what you call a must read book but it defintely is a good book.Actually my father had the book for about 3 years but I never felt like reading it probably because of the hideous cover and the movie(Wasn't really that good)but last week I didn't have anything new to read and I was short on cash so I decided to read it and I guess this is why people always say that we must not judge a book by it's cover(I still will) but actually the publisher could have made a better cover.The story and the character was interesting especially Lyra,she is so spunky and energetic that you are simply enamored by her.The book had a pretty slow start but as the story goes on it definitely turn up on it's pace.The Golden Compass may not me the most interesting book but it is definitely a good book to read for any readers who enjoy a good fantasy.

Rating: 7 out of 10